He posted the corresponding post on his Twitter page.
“After six days in Doha, I am going to Afghanistan for consultations. Meetings were more productive than in the past. We have made significant progress on key issues, ”he wrote.
1/3 After six days in Doha, I'm headed to #Afghanistan for consultations. Meetings here are more productive than they have been in the past. We made significant progress on vital issues.
- US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad (@ US4AfghanPeace) January 26, 2019At the same time, he added that the US intends to continue negotiations with the Taliban, since the parties "have a number of issues that remain to be worked out."
Earlier, the media reported that the United States and the Taliban reached a preliminary agreement on ending the 17-year war in Afghanistan. One of the clauses of the treaty provides for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the state.
* “Taliban” - an organization recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.